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Re: June 23rd
Posted by Robert Christ on 7/08/08
I recommend that people google "how to spot a quack" One thing quacks always gravitate towards is conditions
that conventional medicine doesn't address like mold related illness, lymes, cfs, mcs, etc. Just because
they believe your condition is real doesn't qualify them to treat it. Many push vitimans and tox screens,
expensive blood test's that are irrelevant but boast their bill and give the patient the impression the dr
knows what he's doing. Many will sell you phony cures that supposedly "boast your immune system" or "remove
toxins" Shoemaker is one of the few that actually prescribes conventional medicine for an unconventional
purpose. I am not familer with the colosteral medication he prescribes but dubious of the claims he makes as
far as it's removing toxins, and especially dubious of the VCS test to measure its progress. Anyone who
knows different please correct me but I don't think the purpose he prescribes it for is recommended by
conventional or main stream MD's.
ACMT has an article that refutes the mycotoxin connection to illness that shoemaker and others have been
touting.
http://www.acmt.net/cgi/page.cgi?aid=12&_id=52&zine=show
Particularly read the passage where they say that we consume way more mycotoxins in the food we eat by
orders of magnitudes than inhaled even in some of the worst mold contaminated buildings. So I am not
attacking the person, just his practices, and have evidence to back it up via the acmt document. Some will
say the science is payed for and bogus but this is not the MO of "paid for" science. They usually use straw
man arguments, or smoke and mirror tactics, or Plausible deniability like the ACOEM position paper which I
believe to be fairly accurate except where they claim MRI doesn't exist in the context of CFS which is flat
out wrong.
Needless to say very damaging to those that suffer from mold related illness.
http://www.acoem.org/guidelines.aspx?id=850
ACMT on the other hand made a direct statement about a specific item, "mycotoxins" that could be
challenged if what they are saying were not true. But nobody has.
I believe mold related illness is much more complicated than the quacks make it out to be. I believe they
are cashing in on our misery and the professional witness fees they get. I have suffered from it for 12
years and believe the only treatment that is effective is mold avoidance. The best bet for a sufferer
barring extreme measures is to find a relatively new house to live in with no history of water damage. You
don't need to pay Dr's like showmaker tens of thousands of dollars to come to this simple conclusion. Just
skip the middle man and save your money for the higher quality housing you need to control your mold related
symptoms.
Those that believe they suffer from lymes, MCS, CFS, etc. I would implore to make close observation to
their symptoms and their dwellings specifically to the degree of mold in them. Don't spend money on
expensive testing or remediation, your better to save it and put it towards higher quality new housing. If
you can find a friend or relative willing to let you stay with them (with a new house with no history of
leaks) for a month or two do this. Otherwise take the money you would spend on remediation and move into a
new clean house or apt. for a month or two, if the difference in your health is undeniably better "MOVE"
Craigslist.com has people with brand new homes looking to rent a room out, you can get into one of these for
about 600 a month. Less than one visit to shoemaker or any of the other ahem "alternative medicine
practitioners" and you will learn far more about your condition and how to treat it.
Robert Christ
On 6/27/08, mgfs wrote:
> First of all I would like to say I hope everyone suffering on this thread finds the answers and treatment
they need to feel well and whole
> again. After spending quite a bit of time with RS recently for a non clinical reason I would like to give
my thoughts on the man. He is one
> of the most immature egotistical self centered people I have ever met. He is a sensationalist capitalizing
on the pain and ignorance of
> others. And although I'm not a mental health pro I would lay money that he has borderline personality
disorder. He is about one thing
> and one thing only...lining the pockets of RS and pontificating the wonders of all things RS. All you have
to do is walk in his waiting room
> and observe "The Shrine" dedicated to the glory of RS to know there is something not right with this man.
My favorite part of "The Shrine"
> is an ad he has for a diet he made up that says something like "My way works, does yours?". Now what makes
this so funny is he is a very
> overweight man. Folks, use your head when it comes to this guy. if it looks like and smells like, it
probably is.
>
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